BJP moves Delhi HC against non-implementation of Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme
The scheme was not being implemented ‘purely for political reasons’, claimed the Hindutva party’s Delhi unit chief.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court against the Aam Aadmi Party government for not implementing the Ayushman Bharat scheme in the national capital, The Hindu reported.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which is the health insurance programme under Ayushman Bharat, was launched in 2018. It provides health insurance coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh to poor families. West Bengal, Odisha and Delhi have not adopted the scheme.
The petition filed in the High Court was signed by all seven BJP Lok Sabha MPs from the national capital. BJP’s Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva claimed that the scheme was not being implemented “purely for political reasons”, according to The Hindu.
The non-implementation of the scheme had resulted in the denial of health care to the elderly and the poor, he added.
The petition came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the health insurance scheme to include senior citizens aged 70 years and above. He also criticised the Delhi and West Bengal governments for not implementing the scheme due to “political” interests.
“I apologise to all the elderly aged above 70 years of Delhi and West Bengal that I cannot serve them,” Modi said on Tuesday. “I would get to know about your pains and sufferings but I won’t...
